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eviction

DEFINITIONS OF: eviction

1

n the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

Synonyms:
dispossession, legal ouster
Types:
ouster
a wrongful dispossession
actual eviction
the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent
retaliatory eviction
an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states
Type of:
due process, due process of law
(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards

n action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved

Synonyms:
constructive eviction
Type of:
coercion, compulsion
using force to cause something to occur
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